The Rise of India's superbugs

Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Correction August 15, 2016: The drug Carbamazepine is not an antibiotic as was formerly stated in the film. Carbamazepine was just one of the drugs our reporter was able to buy without prescription – including many other drugs classified as antibiotics. This error has been corrected.

Tens of thousands of them lose their lives every year. This is the frontline in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, one of the most serious threats to global health of our time, according to the World Health Organization.

India consumes more antibiotics than any other country. Coupled with poor sanitation and overcrowding, the nation is the perfect breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

101 East investigates how India is becoming a hotbed for superbugs and how it is leading the fight to curb this global menace.